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The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Easter, 24 April 2024 Acts 12:24-13:5 <*((((>< + ><))))*> John 12:44-50
It was You, dear God, who started that beautiful process of "setting apart" day from night, darkness from light, land from water; and now, You tell us in Your words how You set apart some people for special mission for You.
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off. So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus. When they arrived in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues (Acts 13:2-5).
In our Baptism and Confirmation, most especially in the Holy Eucharist, You set us apart, O Lord, to special mission too to proclaim Your word, to make You present in this world.
Help us imitate the early Church of always praying and fasting to be filled with Your Word Jesus Christ who became flesh and dwelled among us; enable us to set apart our own biases and differences for Your mission; let us set apart our own words from Your divine word to only speak of You and never about us; most of all, let us set apart our own glory and interests so that like Jesus, we may only "say as the Father told me" (Jn. 12:50). Amen.
